Fachgruppe Deep-Sky (German work group Deep-Sky)

About the work group

This work group is part of the German astronomy club Vereinigung der Sternfreunde e.V. and deals basically with visually observing deepsky objects. The main objectives are:

exchange of experience via this website, the VdS-Journal (only in German!), ...

organizing projects and joint observations of selected, also less known objects

support in any kind to help beginners as well as experienced observers

Most important here is teamwork. So everyone can contribute his or her ideas to design this website, projects and so on. If you are interested in observations of a special object for your own comparison or you have picked up an interesting object, please let us know. But you can also ask around the topics deepsky, telescopes, ... Just write a mail.

Besides observing objects articles are also welcome. These don't necessarily need to be printed in the VdS-Journal, but can also be made available on this site for download.

Basically everyone can contribute to this work group. Membership in the VdS is not required.

Due to the fact, that this is a German association, it is not possible to provide everything in English. Write a mail if you need help!

Activities

monthly regulars' table of amateurs from Leipzig & surrounding; It takes place in a restaurant. Sometimes there are also presentations. Everybody can join us. Just get in contact with us.

"Sidewalk Astronomy" - Main focus is observation of the sun, moon and our planets from a sidewalk in Leipzig to give people an impression of astronomy in a practical way. We mainly use smaller telescopes up to an aperture of about 5 inch. Sometimes also brighter deepsky objects are presented. Until now the feedback was very positive and the enthusiasm was great.

News

2018-01-07: Skyguide 2017 IV (Winter) released

2017-10-11: Skyguide 2017 III (Autumn) released

2017-07-25: Skyguide 2017 II (Summer) released

2017-04-14: Skyguide 2017 I (Spring) released

2017-01-21: Skyguide 2016 IV (Winter) released

2016-10-16: We added a list of members and their projects, which will be completed the next time.

2016-10-11: Skyguide 2016 III (Autumn) released

2016-07-10: Skyguide 2016 II (Summer) released

2016-04-12: Skyguide 2016 I (Spring) released

2016-01-11: Skyguide 2015 IV (Winter) released

2015-11-04: Skyguide 2015 III (Autumn) released

2015-08-18: Skyguide 2015 II (Summer) released

2015-04-26: Skyguide 2015 I (Spring) released

2014-12-24: Skyguide 2014 IV (Winter) released

2014-12-09: Added a blank protocol as template for own observation notes (see Introduction).

2014-09-13: Skyguide 2014 III (Autumn) released

2014-08-14: After a long time the new website of this work group is now available. Hopefully it will grow up the next time.